🇭🇰 Hong Kong
🎥 Recapping Hong Kong & Macau
Here’s a video recap of our time in Hong Kong and Macau. It was a short visit, especially after having to trim several days from our original itinerary, but we felt like we saw enough to call it done.
One of my favorite parts of our time in Hong Kong was simply sitting at the edge of two tap houses and watching everyone pass by; it’s a great city for people watching.
I also don’t think I’ll forget how much shopping there is. It seemed like countless tall buildings also contained vertical malls, sporting a range of shops from clothing, to high end designer, to pharmacies, to fast food. All somehow with a familiar “American mall” vibe.
-S 🇭🇰🇲🇴
Back in Hong Kong after spending the day in Macau. Marking off our requisite brewery here in HK while reviewing today’s photos. No Irish pub here, sadly.
We’ll get dinner at Brewdog down the street, as we have a mini quest to visit in each country in which this Scottish brewery has a location -S 🇭🇰
We also did a water tour around Victoria Harbor to get a better view of the high rise buildings that line the Harbor. It was hard to capture on camera how many building there really are. Although in some respects, the feel/vibe is that of New York Harbor looking at Manhattan. -J 🇭🇰
A tale of three boats… -S 🇭🇰
More city scenes from Hong Kong -S 🇭🇰
We got #LostNeededDirections 😉 and stopped into a local taproom to plot out the rest of our night. We sat at the bar at the edge of the sidewalk for some people-watching—improbably next to a fellow Phoenician, a pilot who is constantly bouncing around the globe. We swapped stories for hours. -S 🇭🇰
😶🌫️ No wonder I’ve been coughing all day 😶🌫️ -S 🇭🇰
A few night shots of the Hong Kong skyline along Victoria Harbor. We also attended the evening’s “Symphony of Lights,” which is a synchronized light and laser show across 40 buildings on both sides of the harbor, but it was less spectacular than it sounds. -S 🇭🇰
From 1898 until the tunnel opened in 1972, the Star Ferry line was the only means of transport across Victoria Harbor between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It’s still in operation today and provides a nice (and cheap) little ride across the Harbor. -J 🇭🇰
First up today was the Hong Kong Museum of History, outlining China/Hong Kong’s various different National Security components, as well as a historical and cultural overview of Hong Kong History. It also focused on the Portuguese influence, the British rule, and Chinese emigrants abroad. -J 🇭🇰
Got #LostNeededDirections at a local taproom—found some good beer, interesting people watching, and a chill evening. Just what we needed. -S 🇭🇰
We made it to Hong Kong! And was surprised to to see so many scaffoldings made from bamboo. -S 🇭🇰
